Western cyclone., 1887-06-10
nn1rr4TED NEGROES,

Interesting Contrasts III Tie
sIns Recent History of the Race
a,n+o GA, May 23,-The opening
A. atber college for colored people
o. ' ,4,o report on the years work of
'nu ~ tate and city schools draws
'u ,tion to the wonderful change of
''' ,.oars which amaze the observer
makes the Christian ezclaim'
'rr u-,a+ hath God wrought Look
mo.o contrasts; On the -1st Of
+ January, 1863, the 1000, 600 and odd
'.l,rel 'I people in the south were in
'e ,,;..t slavery on the same dates in
- 'oeo tbev we're the rulers ofseven states
II held the balance OF power in four
'lhors So sudden and tremendous
.bance wrought many evils apollt-
- evolution follawed and i'll nine
,ors the colored people were practic-
M deprived ofall power. Then the
tnrol kindness Of Christian white
.orIo reasserted itself in aids to
rlnnrate and the colored people started
j far surer path to far more
,,during power Middle aged people
III remember it was a crime to teach
,ns to read; now over |, 100000
ootred children are in the public
.obooIs of the south, schools support
afrom taxes cheerfully paid by the
vbtes and in five southern states the
Dorcortage of attendance in such school
i greater than in some Of the most
pnIiabtened states in the north. It is
hday an unusual thing to find &
polOred boy or girl Of y years who
annot read-in this city a very
unusual thing. But in the country
tbe ratio Of illiteracy is still great.
The next census however, is bound to
show a vast Improvement over that
Of 1880! for the schools have ROW been
ID operation long enough for the
educated young colored people to
come forward and count i'll the ranks
Of adults who can read and write.
The old ilIitcrates ate still numerous
enough to reduce our percentage;
bit the census Of 1900 will certainly
take away our feproach.'
1t is to be hoped that one OF the
immediate results Of educating the
young colored population will be to
cure that domestic retklessncss Which
Is their worst Inheritance from slavery
and their tropical ancestors. To
hatry yonng and produce innehss
families without providing means q
support in advance is 2 crime in 4 co
dhtry like this. The most marked ef
feet on the colored people is rate o
infant mortality that is shocking
In no city in the south Is the dgatl
fOle among their children as low as
AMONG the whites and in several it i:
double. In proof, note these figures
from the last censusi louisiana haC
$4,000 more c6l5fed people than white
but 1000 more white voters than
tOlofed; 5;7t3 more white males o
militia age thNh cOlored, $50 NOR
FEMALES than males, 1904 more whit
males than females. and an immens
female surplus Among the c0lotet
adults. West Virginia is the onl,
stqte in the south where the cOIOre,
males Of adult age equal The female
taking the whole south together tn
census shows that while the white
stand to the colored in the ratio o
iVV to 499 the ratio of males of fight
ing age is 100 to Il. The eXplanatiO
s inthe terrific infant mortality anon
'he eolored especially of the boys
60 great loss OF infant male life {
course tends powerfully to an increas
lpovertyi and if thoroughly educ;
ing one generation makes them pruC
eht enough to cure this evil that alor
viii repay the eosts-J. j. Smith.
lSn s II ahont ti,uo tn commence m,